Pianist Yang to join N.C. Symphony for Sunday program in New Bern

What is touted as an “electric performance” is set for Sunday evening at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center with the North Carolina Symphony.

Sun Journal Staff

What is touted as an “electric performance” is set for Sunday evening at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center with the North Carolina Symphony.

The symphony will be joined by pianist Joyce Yang for a presentation of Ravel’s “Rhapsodie Espagnole.”

The show is at 7:30 p.m. as part of the New Bern Series of the symphony’s statewide performances.

The symphony will be led by Music Director Grant Llewellyn.

The program includes: Dukas: Fanfare and Poème dansé from La Péri; Franck: Symphonic Variations; De Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; and Ravel: Rhapsodie Espagnole.

General admission is $30 to $42 by section, with discounts for seniors and students.

Tickets are available through the N.C. Symphony box office, at the convention center or at the door an hour prior to the concert.

On the web: ncsymphony.org/events or call 1-877-627-6724.

A symphony release describes Yang as having a “million-volt stage presence” and stunning virtuosity to shine with the symphony in works by Franck and de Falla.

There will be a pre-concert talk by Barry Salwen of UNC-Wilmington and Finley Woolston, the classical music announcer and producer from Public Radio East’s WTEB.

The New Bern Series sponsor is Coastal Radiology, with series partners that include CarolinaEast Health Systems, Northwest Creek Marina and PotashCorp of Aurora.

The media sponsors are the Sun Journal and Public Radio East. The statewide partner is Duke Energy.

The symphony provided this biographical overview of Yang: “Yang captivates audiences around the globe with her stunning virtuosity combined with heartfelt lyricism and interpretive sensitivity. Just 26, she has established herself as one of the leading artists of her generation through her innovative solo recitals and notable collaborations with the world’s top orchestras. In 2010, she received an Avery Fisher Career Grant —one of classical music’s most prestigious accolades.

“Yang came to international attention in 2005 when she became the Silver Medalist of the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. As the youngest contestant, she swept two additional awards as an all-around winner, receiving the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for Best Performance of Chamber Music with the Takàcs Quartet and the Beverley Taylor Smith Award for Best Performance of a New Work.

“Since her spectacular debut, Yang has flourished into an ‘astonishing artist’ according to Neue Zürcher eZeitung. She continually appears with orchestras across the world. She has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Houston Symphony and BBC Philharmonic, among many others, working with such renowned conductors as Edo de Waart, Lorin Maazel, James Conlon, Leonard Slatkin, David Robertson, and Bramwell Tovey.

“In recital, Yang has taken the stage at New York’s Lincoln Center and the Metropolitan Museum, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Chicago’s Symphony Hall, and Zurich’s Tonhalle.

“Her exciting 12- 13 season includes two important debuts: her German debut when she performs with the Deutsche Symphony Orchestra of Berlin with James Colon conducting in performances of the Bernstein Age of Anxiety, and her UK debut with a recital appearance in Cambridge, England for The Hazard/Chase Recital Series. Following a highly successful appearance in the 2011-12 season with the Buffalo Philharmonic, stepping in for an ailing Lang Lang, Joyce Yang returns to the Buffalo Philharmonic with Music Director JoAnn Falletta conducting.

“She also returns to the Milwaukee Symphony where she continues her performances of the Rachmaninoff cycle with Music Director Edo de Waart. Her return appearances also include the Sydney Symphony performing the Tchaikowsky 1st Concerto with Charles Olivieri-Munroe, on the podium. “Yang will also perform in recital at the Sydney Opera House in conjunction with these orchestral performances and will return to Melbourne, Australia where she will also perform in recital.”

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